Rants, Recipes, and Running

I left off with our vineyard day in the Napa countryside, which left us rested and rejuvenated after a grueling 30 hour race! Monday morning, about half of the crew had flights back to AZ out of SFO. So we packed up the van for the last time, and made our way back to SF. Ryan and I stayed at The Prescott , which is a boutique hotel 1 block away from Union Square. It was wonderful, and we'd definitely come back. It definitely had that historical, San Francisco-charm with a hint of elegance. It had rolling staircases, and crown molding, and just details you don't get at a Marriott. We had 1 day left in the city, so we set out on a mission ! We put on our good walking shoes, dropped our bags,and set out. We walked through some of the shops on Union Square, like the 3-story Louis Vuitton store housing $300 belts. Or the 8-story Macy's. It is amazing how these places stay open?! Then we walked through China-town,North Beach, and to Fisherman's Wharf to get our prized...

Where I left off was our 30 hour Ragnar race.... Our team crossed the finish line Saturday afternoon at 3:30. Which means from Friday at 4am-Saturday 3:30pm, we were either running or in a van. And we were quite  delirious  tired. Saturday night we went to dinner at Oenotri in downtown Napa. It was an Italian restaurant that made their pasta to order. I had a delicious rigatoni with a red sauce with fresh basil and walnuts. It was like red sauce meets pesto. At that point - saltine crackers would've tasted like gourmet cuisine .....so this meal was exceptionally incredible!!! #hungry #famished #dehydrated Happy, hungry, celebratory faces The beautiful vines ready for harvest! We were in bed by 8:30 and slept until 7 am! Some of the team had flights to catch in the morning early Sunday morning, but there were 7 of us who stayed in Napa to tour wineries - so we had a busy day ahead of us. We actually knew a girl through the race that lives in S...